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Pharmaceutical and Life Sciences

MANAGEMENT OF ANENCEPHALIA IN A PREGNANCY OF 18 WEEKS + 4 DAYS IN THE MATERNITY OF THE EL HARROUCHI MOTHER-CHILD HOSPITAL: DESCRIPTIVE STUDY ABOUT A CASE

M. Liban, L. Ngouomo*, L. Benfdil, M. Tshibola, S. Bouhya, A. Lamrissi and M. Jalal

ABSTRACT

Anencephaly is a congenital malformation of the central nervous system, present from conception, its origin is at
the very beginning of intrauterine life and is one of the neural tube anomalies, like spina bifida, the diagnostic and
therapeutic elements of which are of certain importance. This malformation results in the total or partial absence of
one of the elements of the neural tube at its anterior end, namely the brain, the skull or the scalp. We report a case
of anencephaly in a pregnancy of 18 weeks + 4 days collected at the Maternity Department of the Abderrahim
Harrouchi Mother-Child Hospital; The study of this observation allowed us to analyze this condition, its
occurrence, its frequency, the means of its positive diagnosis, as well as the appropriate therapeutic measures in
order to limit its consequences.

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